Combined washing and wringing machine



(No Model.)

B. G. STANBROUGH.

COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MAGHINE.

Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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iinirnn Tarts PATENT @rrrcno ELI CAREY STANBROUGH, OF LEAD HILL, ARKANSAS.

COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE.

bPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,230, dated April 6, 1886,

Application filed November 27, 1985.

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI CAREY STANBROUGI-I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lead Hill, in the county of Boone and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Washing and \Vring ing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in combined washing and wringing machines; and the novelty consists of the peculiar construction, combination, and adaptation of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

The invention has for its object the provision of a machine of the class named which can be used in the open air tor boiling and washing clothing and other fabrics, and for wringing the same after the washing thereof has been completed; to provide the washingmachine receptacle with means whereby the water therein can be very readily heated, and to provide means whereby the pressure of the wringing-rollers can be very readily regulated in the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line at x of Fig. 8, and Fig. 3 is a cross section through the machine on the line 3 y of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the 'iigures, A designates the receptacle of my im proved washing machine, preferably con structed of metal and rectangular in form, and supported upon legs or standards a. The receptacle may be made entirely of metal; or the bottom thereof only may be of metal and the side walls of wood or other preferred material; and the legs a of said receptacle may be scoured detachably in brackets a, to permit of their'ready removal when desired.

B designates the firebox, arranged on the under side of and suspended from the receptacle A at one end thereof, said fire-box having a grate, 1), arranged above its bottom, to form a combustion-chamber and ash-pit, and further provided with a hinged door, I), which is perforated at its lower edge for the admission of air to support combustion.

Serial No. 184,114. (No model.)

C designates the conduit for the smoke and other products of combustion, said conduit communicating with the fire-box at one end and extending along the receptacle and suspended therefrom, the free end of the conduit having a chimney, o. By this arrangement the waste heat of the smoke and products of combustion is utilized to heat the water in the receptacle, thus increasing the efficiency of the machine.

The wringing machine D comprises two standards, D, which are made hollow and connected at their lower ends by a crossbar, (I, each standard having an outwardly-bent arm, d, at its lower end, which carries a set-screw, d, the standard being further provided with a bearing plate, d. The standards are an ranged within the receptacle, and the arms (1 thereof are arranged on the outer face of the receptacle, while the plates (Z lit over the up: per edges of the receptacle. The set-screws d are turned so as to bear against the side walls of the receptacle, and by this peculiar construction and arrangement of parts the wringingmachine is detachabl y secured to the washing-receptacle.

E designates a rubbing-board secu red to one of the end walls of the receptacle A, by means of which the clothing or fabrics can be conveniently rubbed by hand.

The wringingmachine frame is of a width corresponding to that of the receptacle A, and said'frame can be adjusted back and forth on the receptacle longitudinally thereof, so as to bring the wringing apparatus nearer to or farther from the rubbing-board E, within convenient reach of the operator or out of his way.

F F designate the upper and lower rollers of the wringinganachine, and G designates the driving-roller, arranged between the upper and lower rollers. (See Fig. 3.)

The shaft G of the intermediate drivingroller, G, is journaled in the side walls of the hollow standards D, or in proper bearings se cured rigidly to said standards, and one end of the said shaft is extended beyond the standards and provided with an operating crankhandle, G, for its convenient manipulation by hand.

The shafts f of the upper and lower rollers, F F, are j ournaled in proper bearings or boxes,

f, arranged between or in the hollow standards D, so as to slide freely therein in a vertical plane.

The lower roller, F, is grooved spirally, as shown at h, and normally pressed upward in contact with the intermediate driving-roller, G, by springs H, arranged in the hollow standards D, and the upper roller, F, is normally pressed downward in contact with thedrivingroller by means of similar springs, H, also located in the hollow standard D. (See Fig. 3.)

The upper ends of the springs H bear against a lid or cover, I, common to both of the standards D, extending from one to the other thereof at their upper ends, and secured to a rod, 1, that is supported in lugs i, secured to the standards D. The lid or cover I can be turned in a vertical position, to release the tension of the springs H on the upper verticallyadjustable roller, F, and when it is desired to exert tension on the said roller the lid or cover I is turned to a horizontal position, and the latches j thereof engage catches j on the standards D, by means of which the lid or cover is secured in its horizontal position. It will thus be seen that when the intermediate roller,

G, is rotated by hand, or otherwise, the rollers F F will also be operated in the reverse direction to wring the clothes, and that said rollers F F will yield when a large mass of clothing is passed between the same.

\Vhen the clothing or other fabrics are to be boiled, a cover of any suitable construction is placed over the receptacle A, as is obvious.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the receptacle A, having its side walls of uniform width, of a wringing attachment mounted on the side walls and adjustable longitudinally thereof, hollow uprights D, upper and lower adjustable rollers mounted in the standards, an intermediate driving-roller, springs for normally pressing the adj list-able rollers in contact with the driving-roller, and a hinged flap for bean 

